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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]i didn't say that she should never get attention, or that you should yell at a child if they are bothering you. 
if she is engaging in a behavior that you don't want to reinforce, i.e. pestering you while you are clearly doing something else like cooking, cleaning up, etc, that you should not give the child attention or she will continue to do that. all behavior has a function, and [b]if you want to go about changing the behavior then you need to figure out why they are acting that way.[/b] [/quote]

She's acting that way for two reasons:

1) She wants attention. So I don't get your argument. Somehow, magically, she should learn how to give herself attention or not want it?
[b]2) She rarely sees her parents, and this is the third babysitter in a short time. She is trying, as best her little 7-year-old brain can, to connect with this new person, and simultaneously prove to herself tht this new person is either going to stick around or quit like the last two before she gets connected to her.[/b]

I think OP should quit, because it doesn't sound like she's up for the challenge of a needy child. This situation is really sad, and OP can't see beyond the logistics of doing her job.[/quote]

OP here:  She's with me for 5-hour chunks on the weekends and 1-2 times per week she's with me from 4-9pm. Her mother's schedule has changed so it will only be weekends going forward. You're being awfully dramatic.

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